Union Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi's sister, Farhat Naqvi gets death threats

Union minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi’s sister, Farhat Naqvi, alleged on Saturday that some people in Bareilly threatened to kill her, police said. In her complaint to police, Farhat said that trouble occurred when she was returning from a meeting at the Parivar Paramarsh Kendra in the Civil Lines area.

She alleged that a car drove near her rickshaw and stopped it near Chowki Chauraha. The people inside the car used “vulgar language” and threatened to kill her, the complainant said.

Police have registered a case against unidentified persons and launched a probe, SP (City) Rohit Singh Sajwan said. They are also examining the CCTV footage from the area. Farhat runs an NGO, Mera Haq Foundation, for divorced women. She is a member of the Parivar Paramarsh Kendra, and works to resolve family disputes.